Mukunda Maala 33/40-40/40

33.  Krishno rakshatu no jagat-traya-guruh krishnam namadhvam sada

           Krishnenakhila-satravo vinihatah krishnaya tasmai namah

           Krishnad eva samutthitam jagad idam krishnasya daso asmy aham

      Krishne tishthati visvam etad akhilam he krishna rakshasva mam 

            Krishna the creator and protector 

           1.       Rakshathu – Protects

2.       Jagat-traya-guruh – Teacher of all the three worlds

3.       Krishnam namasyaamaham sada – I always salute Krishna

4.       Yena Krishnena – that Krishna

5.       Amara satravah vinihithaah – Asuras were killed

6.       Tasmai krishnaya  namah – I salute Krishna

7.       Idam jagad – this world

8.       Krishnam eva samutthitam – Originated from Krishna

9.       Aham Krishnasya dasoasmy – I am the slave of Krishna

10.   Krishne tishthati – Krishna is only permanent

11.   Sarvametad akhilam – Whole of the universe

12.   He krishna rakshasva mam – Hey Krishna pleae protect us

I salute and pray to Lord Krishna the one who removes ignorance in all the three worlds, One who killed asuras as Hiranyan and Sishupalan, One who creator of all the three worlds, One who keeps all the worlds under his control. That Krishna should protect me. This sloka is written in eight noun cases.

         34.           Sa tvam prasida bhagavan kuru mayy anathe

                Vishno kripam parama-karunikah khalu tvam

                Samsara-sagara-nimagnam ananta dinam

                Uddhartum arhasi hare purushottamo asi

   

 

 All pervasive Bhagwan     Compassionate and loving 

                                         Bhagwan to his Bhakthas

1.       Hey Bhagavan – Oh Honorable God

2.       Vishno – All pervasive

3.       Sah thavam – One who is the Vedas

4.       Krupaam kuru – Show compassion

5.       Prasida – Be gracious and kind

6.       Heyhare – One who removes the distress of devotees (slaves)

7.       Ananatha – Endless, eternal, infinite, boundless, of unlimited potency, incomparable

8.       Thvam parama-karunikah – You are profoundly compassionate

9.       Samsara-sagara-nimagnam – Engrossed in worldly affairs

10.   Dinam – miserable me

Oh Lord please do not be angry by seeing the mistakes I have committed. Please show me your love and beautiful face. In accordance to your name the giver of everything (perarulaalan) please show your karuna and protect me. Please save from my drowning in the ocean of material pleasures as you are the only one – the supreme - purushothaman who can do it.

              35.  Namami Narayana-pada-pankajam

    Karomi narayana-pujanam sada

    Vadami narayana-nama nirmalam

               Smarami narayana-tattvam avyayam  

Praying to the lotus feet of Krishna

    Doing pooja to Krishna

Thinking of Bhagwan always

1.       Namami – I Salute

2.       Pada pankajam – Lotus feet

3.       Karomi – I do

4.       Puja – Worship

5.       Vadami – I speak

6.       Smarami – I Remember

7.       Narayana thathvam – Truth of Narayana

Kulasekara Azhwar describes the ways he worships Lord Narayana . I pray to the lotus feet of the Lord Narayana. I worship Lord Narayana always. I always talk about the greatness of Sriman Narayana. I always recite the truth of Narayana

36.       Sri-natha narayana vasudeva

Sri-krishna bhakta-priya chakra-pane

Sri-padmanabhachyuta kaitabhare

           Sri-rama padmaksha hare murare    

      Kumbakonam Chakrapani

Thiruvanandapuram Padmanabhaswamy

Sri Ramar

     37.  Ananta vaikuntha mukunda krishna

Govinda damodara madhaveti

Vaktum samartho api na vakthi kaschid

           Aho jananam vyasanabhimukhyam

Vaikuntanathar - Kanchipuram

The above 2 verses recite the names of Lord Sriman Narayana and azhwar asks all of us to recite the names of the Divya Dhampathi instead of being engaged in temporary worldly affairs.

   38.         Dhyayanti ye vishnum anantam avyayam

                Hrit-padma-madhye satatam vyavasthitam

                Samahitanam satatabhaya-pradam

               Te yanti siddhim paramancha vaishnavim

                    

                                Dasavatharam of Vishnu

“DO NOT BE AFRAID – I’M HERE TO PROTECT YOU”

 

Appears to those who are his                    

      bhakthas – Bhishma     

 

Meditating on Vishnu

1.       Ye Dhyayanti – Those who meditate

2.       Vishnu – That Vishnu

3.       Anantham - Endless

4.       Avyayam – imperishable

5.       Hrit-padma-madhye – Center of the lotus like heart

6.       Satatam vyavasthitam – Uninterruptedly sitting

7.       Samahitanam – For the Yogis who in  a state of samamdhi

8.       Satata abhaya-pradam – One who utters “DO NOT BE AFRAID”

9.       Te Yanti – They attain

10.   Paramancha vaishnavim – Ultimate superior place of Vishnu - Vaikuntam

The explanation of a true vaishnavite is given in this verse by Azhwar - He who meditates on the name of Vishnu, who is everything and speckless, who has the helping nature in his heart, he comes instantly to the rescue of his bhakthas, and he who worships Vishnu will be a real vaishnavite.

39.            Kshira-sagara-tarangarasikara-

                Sara-tarakita-charu-murtaye

                Bhogi-bhoga-sayaniya-saayine

                Madhavaya madhu-vidvishe namah

Sriman Narayana in Kshira Saagaram

           1.  Kshira-sagara- Milky ocean

2.       Tarangarasikara-  small tides

3.       Tarakita- Star spangled

4.       Charu-murtaye – beautiful form Narayana

5.       Bhogi-bhoga-sayaniya-saayine – The one who is happily lying down

6.       Madhavaya - Krishna

7.       Madhu Vidvishe – One who killed the asura Madhu

8.       Namah - Salutations

I bow to thee the most beautiful one who is lying on the Adiseshan in the milky ocean with Goddess Lakshmi by his side and the droplets of water that fall on thee from the waves of the ocean looks like pearls studded on thy self

   40.    Yasya priyau sruti-dharau kavi-loka-virau

Mitrau dvi-janma-vara-padma-sarav abhutam

Tenambujaksha-charanambuja-shat-padena

           Rajna krita kritir iyam kulasekharena

           1.       Yasya – For that Kulasekara

2.       Sruti-dharau – Those who are well versed with the Vedas

3.       kavi-loka-virau – the best among the poets

4.       Dvi-janma-vara-padma – The two distinguished brahmins – Padman and Saran

5.       Priya Mitrau abhutam -  Loving friends

6.       Tenambujaksha-charanambuja-shat-padena – Like the bee that is attracted to the lotus feet of the lord

7.       Kulasekharena Rajna – Raja Kulasekara

8.       Iyam kritir krita  - This stothram has been written by

This last verse the Kulasekara Azhwar puts his name stamp and acknowledges two of his friends Padman and Saran.